I WILL RETURN TO THE DEEP — STORMY DAYS — Leeanne LJ Saylors

“Barely treading water trying to keep my head above the raging waves, the storm engulfed me, sucking me under the surface into the darkness.

As I floated in that space between life and death a deep calm overcame me, a peace I had never felt before. No more pain, no more worries, no more pressure, no more responsibilities, no stress, no anxiety, no depression. It was gone, the anger, the abuse, the trauma, the tears, the grief, the heartache, the loss. I had escaped to a new world while the storm raged above me.

In that place I found an indescribable sense of just being.

I come down to the shore on stormy days to remind myself of that place I will return again. I watch the waves building in powerful rage, reaching for me once again to break peacefully on the shore, releasing me from its grasp once more.

Until that time I return to the depths I will be forever grateful to those who pulled me from the undertow, crushing me beneath its weight, trying to destroy me. Thankful to those who reminded me I have so much more to do, to create, to give, to live and to love. The sea reminds me life is worth living.”

Feeling the freezing wet salt spray in my face and the gale force winds pushing the ocean towards me as a cold nor’easter comes ashore on Amelia Island …. as Pooh would say “it’s a rather blustery day.”

Leeanne LJ Saylors, a survivor, author and life coach, lives on Amelia Island with her golden-doodle companions Nickel and Dime.

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